Sunday Edition September 8, 2019 BARTOW COUNTY’S ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER $1.50 Elections supervisor: rollout Cartersville of new voting equipment will City Council require ‘community effort’ approves youth BY JAMES SWIFT we’re going to show them how we do things in [email protected] Bartow County, and we’re going to do this right.” In July it was announced the Dominion sports, This fall, Bartow County will be one of just Voting Systems received a roughly $107 mil- six counties throughout Georgia to test out the lion contract to provide new electronic voting State’s new voting equipment. equipment, with paper ballot processing capa- resurfacing “This November and then going into next bilities, throughout the state. March, the eyes of the state and the nation are As the new machines come online for this contracts going to be on us,” Bartow County Elections November’s municipal-level elections, Kirk JAMES SWIFT/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS Supervisor Joseph Kirk said at a presentation at said input and assistance from other stakehold- BY JAMES SWIFT Bartow County Elections Supervisor Jospeh Kirk gave a pre- the Frank Moore Administration and Judicial ers throughout Bartow is essential. [email protected] view of Georgia’s new voting equipment at a presentation Tues- Center in Cartersville Tuesday evening. day afternoon. “There was a good reason they chose us — SEE VOTING, PAGE 6A Thursday evening’s Car- tersville City Council meeting largely revolved around a se- ries of contracts, agreements and bids, running the gamut Man who led from guardrail replacements and new police vehicle purchas- police on high- es to emergency sewer repairs and a $3 million-plus Georgia speed chase IVING ROOF Department of Transportation L P (GDOT) airport grant. First up on the docket was a sent to prison request from the municipal wa- ter department to pay low-bid- for more than der C&L Contractors $17,500 for the aforementioned emer- 9 years gency sewer repairs. “We had a manhole that was BY JAMES SWIFT surcharging last Wednesday,” [email protected] said City of Cartersville Wa- ter Department Director Bob Kevin Lee Temples, 40, of Jones. “Somebody was operat- White, was out of custody for ing a piece of heavy equipment just nine days before he al- in the railroad right of way and legedly led police on a high- apparently they were pushing speed chase last October. brush back or something … And at a probation revoca- they just graded the manhole tion hearing in Bartow Supe- and it just sort of collapsed onto rior Court Tuesday morning, itself.” Cherokee Judicial Circuit Judge Considering how deep the Suzanne H. Smith threw the manhole was, plus its proximity proverbial book at him, sending to the railroad line, Jones said it the defendant back to prison for was in the City’s best interest to nine years and 170 days. simply subcontract the work out “He obviously knew right instead of trying to perform the from wrong,” Judge Smith said repairs in-house. to defense attorney Scott For- The council voted unani- tas. “That’s a simple thing — mously to approve the payment. you see a blue light, you stop “I think it’s a fair price,” the car. That’s all you’ve got to Jones said. “It is high, but the do.” repair was accomplished 24 Cherokee Judicial Circuit hours after we were notified Assistant District Attorney … it helped us to not have to Suzanne Brookshire said that rent bypass pumps through the the defendant reached speeds long holiday weekend, so the in excess of 90 miles per hour net of this is a little better than during the pursuit, at times $17,500.” darting through residential ar- Council members also unan- eas with posted speed limits of JAMES SWIFT/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS imously approved a slate of 35 miles per hour. Dr. Robert Poston, left, and Roger Marshall spoke about services for military veterans experiencing PTSD symptoms athletics program agreements, Brookshire said the defen- at a presentation in Cartersville Wednesday afternoon. including a contract with Al- dant was also driving on a sus- pharetta-based Halftime Sports pended license at the time. to operate the City’s winter According to Georgia De- basketball league as well as its partment of Corrections (GDC) Military veterans recount struggles with PTSD summer basketball camps and data, even without the most re- fall and spring developmental cent fl eeing police charges on BY JAMES SWIFT their sons had died in combat. did that, I realized that everybody has leagues. his record Temples already has [email protected] He recalled checking into a hotel stages that they go through … appar- “They’ll give 25% of their dozens of offenses listed on his one night. He sat on the edge of the ently, I was in one, because I was de- gross revenue and any non-res- rap sheet, including two previ- Nearly 50 years ago, Dr. Robert bed, placed a .357 in his mouth and pressed and had a mental illness.” ident fees back to the City,” ous convictions for fl eeing and/ Poston was a commanding officer at pulled the trigger. He recalled putting the gun down said City of Cartersville Parks or eluding law enforcement of- Fort McPherson. At that time, he was “It didn’t go off,” Poston recounted and picking up a bible. He found him- and Recreation Director Tom fi cers. on funeral detail for north Georgia at a luncheon at the Cartersville-Bar- self looking at John 15:16 — “Ye have Gilliam. GDC records indicate the and parts of Tennessee — essentially, tow County Chamber of Commerce defendant received a 20-year it was his job to inform parents that Wednesday afternoon. “As soon as I SEE VETERANS, PAGE 2A SEE CARTERSVILLE, PAGE 7A sentence for aggravated assault on a peace offi cer in 2008 and two 15-year sentences for pos- session of methamphetamine in both 2005 and 1997. His record also includes a lit- Bartow students honor their elders for Grandparents Day any of forgery charges, as well as arrests for theft by taking BY DONNA HARRIS parents and thank them for all the love and and possession of a fi rearm by [email protected] support that they give us each and every day,” a convicted felon. she said. “Grandparents are just as important as According to representatives White Elementary School needed a revolving parents. Normally we deal with the parents, but from the Georgia Department door at its entrance Friday to handle the steady it’s good to also deal with the grandparents.” of Community Supervision, stream of grandparents coming and going Heater said the lunch gives her the oppor- Temples had more than 20 dis- during lunchtime. tunity to see grandparents who are new to the ciplinary reports fi led while he For the fourth year, students in pre-K through school. was in prison, including repri- fi fth grade celebrated Grandparents Day by in- “Some of them I know; some of them I don’t mands for having contraband viting their maw maws and paw paws to have know so that’s been good to kind of talk to and getting into altercations lunch with them at school. them and have that connection and put a face with other inmates. Principal Amy Heater said she started the with a name,” she said. Fortas claimed the defendant, event so students could honor their elder family She also saw some familiar faces she’s who had just wrapped up a 10- members, which she no longer has. known since her days as a third-grade teacher year “door-to-door” prison sen- “I wanted to do something special because I at White. tence before allegedly commit- miss my grandparents,” she said. “I don’t have “Some of the grandparents that are coming ting the new offenses last fall, them anymore. And those are some good mem- in, I taught their kids or their kids were here did not receive any treatments ories to have.” when I was a teacher so it’s neat to see them RANDY PARKER/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS for substance abuse issues She also said the lunch allowed the school to come back,” she said, noting she’s been at White In recognition of today being Grandparents Day, Marjorie and while incarcerated. recognize the importance of grandparents. for 18 years. “The family tradition continues.” Jerry Cox of Woodstock joined their granddaughters, Ansley “I just felt like it was something that we need- Blanton, left center, a kindergartner, and Arlington Blanton, a SEE HEARING, PAGE 7A ed to do to give back and welcome our grand- SEE GRANDPARENTS, PAGE 5A third-grader, for lunch Friday at White Elementary School. 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